CMMI Overview
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Focus of CMMI
CMMI is applied here
SW-CMM is applied here
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Quality Leverage Points
Everyone realizes the importance of
having a motivated, quality work force
but...
PEOPLE
TECHNOLOGY
PROCESS
• ...even our finest people
can’t perform at their
best when the process is
not understood or
operating
“at its best.”
Major determinants of product
cost, schedule, and quality
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Why Focus on Process?
• Process provides a constructive, high-leverage
focus...
–as opposed to a focus on people
» Your work force, on the average, is as “good” as it is trained
to be.
» Working harder is not the answer.
» Working smarter, through process, is the answer.
–as opposed to a focus on technology
» Technology applied without a suitable roadmap will not result
in significant payoff.
» Technology provides the most benefit in the context of an
appropriate process roadmap.
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Underlying Premise of Process
Improvement
“The quality of a product is
largely determined by the
quality of the process that is
used to develop and
maintain it.”
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Categories of Process
Improvement Benefits
•Process improvement benefits fall into eight
general categories:
–improved schedule and budget
predictability
–improved cycle time
–increased productivity
–improved quality (as measured by defects)
–increased customer satisfaction
–improved employee morale
–increased return on investment
–decreased cost of quality
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What is a CMM?
•Capability Maturity Model:
A reference model of mature practices in a
specified discipline, used to assess a group’s
capability to perform that discipline
•CMMs differ by
–Discipline (software, systems, acquisition, etc.)
–Structure (staged versus continuous)
–How Maturity is Defined (process improvement
path)
–How Capability is Defined (institutionalization)
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So Many Models, So Little
Time
Software
CMM
EIA 731
Systems
Engr
CMM
IPD
CMM
People
CMM
Software
Acq
CMM
Systems
Security
Engr CMM
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• Different structures,
formats, terms, ways
of measuring
maturity
• Causes confusion,
especially when
using more than one
model
• Hard to integrate
them in a combined
improvement
program
• Hard to use multiple
models in supplier
selection
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Bridging the Divide
CMMI:
• Integrates systems
and software
disciplines into one
process improvement
framework.
• Provides a
framework for
introducing new
disciplines as needs
arise.
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The Next Step Is CMM Integration
• The CMM Integration Project was formed to
–build an initial set of integrated models
–improve best practices from source models based
on lessons learned
–establish a framework to enable integration of
future models
–create an associated set of appraisal and training
products
• Collaborative endeavor (over 100 people involved)
–Industry
–Government
–Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
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Enterprise-Wide Improvement
• CMMI enables organizations that want to pursue
process improvement in multiple functional areas to
do so with less additional investment for each
additional function.
–CMMI supports process integration and product
improvement.
–CMMI integrates multiple disciplines into one
process-improvement framework.
–CMMI provides a framework for introducing new
disciplines as needs arise.
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Bodies of Knowledge Captured in
CMMI Models
•An organization selects the bodies of knowledge most
relevant to achieving its business objectives. Bodies of
knowledge* available in CMMI models include
–software engineering(sw)
–systems engineering(se)
–integrated product and process development (IPPD)
–supplier sourcing (SS)
•*Each body of knowledge related to product or process
development in CMMI is considered a discipline.
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Software Engineering (SW)
• SW covers the development of software systems
• SW focus on applying systematic, disciplined, and
quantifiable approaches to the
–development,
–operation
–maintenance
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System Engineering (SE)
• Systems engineering covers the development of total
systems, which may or may not include software
• Systems engineers focus on transforming customer
needs, expectations, and constraints into product
solutions and supporting these product solutions
throughout the life of the product
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Integrated Product & process
development (IPPD)
• IPPD is a systematic approach that achieves a timely
collaboration of relevant stakeholders throughout the
life of the product to better satisfy customer needs,
expectations, and requirements
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Supplier sourcing (SS)
• As work efforts become more complex, projects may
use suppliers to perform functions or add
modifications to products that are specifically needed
by the project. When those activities are critical, the
project benefits from enhanced source analysis and
from monitoring supplier activities before product
delivery
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CMMI Models
Source Models
• Capability Maturity
Model for Software V2,
draft C (SW-CMM V2C)
• EIA Interim Standard
731, System Engineering
Capability Model (SECM)
• Integrated Product
Development Capability
Maturity Model, draft
V0.98 (IPD-CMM)
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• Combined System Engineering /
Software Engineering model
• Can be applied to:
– Just the software engineering
projects in an organization
– Just the system engineering projects
in an organization
– Both
– IPPD/SS can be used in either/both
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Understanding CMMI
Representations
• There are two types of representations in the CMMI
models:
–staged
–continuous
• A representation allows an organization to pursue
different improvement objectives
• The organization and presentation of the data are
different in each representation. However, the
content is the same.
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Staged Representation
• Provides a proven sequence of improvements, each
serving as a foundation for the next
• Permits comparisons across and among
organizations by the use of maturity levels
• Provides an easy migration from the SW-CMM to
CMMI
• Provides a single rating that summarizes appraisal
results and allows comparisons among
organizations
Indicates maturity of an organization’s
standard process -- to answer, “What is a
good order for approaching improvement
across the organization?”
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CMMI Model Representations
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Maturity Levels
• A maturity level is a well-defined evolutionary plateau
of process improvement.
• There are five maturity levels.
• Each level is a layer in the foundation for continuous
process improvement using a proven sequence of
improvements, beginning with basic management
practices and progressing through a predefined and
proven path of successive levels.
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The Maturity Levels
5
4
3
2
Optimizing
Focus on continuous
process improvement
Quantitatively
Managed
Process measured
and controlled
Defined
Process characterized
for the organization
and is proactive
Managed
Process characterized for
projects and is often
reactive
Initial
1
Process unpredictable,
poorly controlled, and
reactive
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Maturity Levels Should Not
Be Skipped
• Each maturity level provides a necessary foundation
for effective implementation of processes at the next
level.
–Higher level processes have less chance of success
without the discipline provided by lower levels.
–The effect of innovation can be obscured in a
noisy process.
• Higher maturity level processes may be performed by
organizations at lower maturity levels, with the risk
of not being consistently applied in a crisis.
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Continuous Representation
• Allows you to select the order of improvement that
best meets your organization’s business objectives
and mitigates your organization’s areas of risk
• Enables comparisons across and among organizations
on a process-area-by-process-area basis
• Provides an easy migration from EIA 731 (and other
models with a continuous representation) to CMMI
Indicates improvement within a single
process area -- to answer, “What is a
good order for approaching
improvement of this process area?”
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Capability Levels
• A capability level is a well-defined evolutionary
plateau describing the organization’s capability
relative to a process area.
• There are six capability levels.
• For capability levels 1-5, there is an associated
generic goal.
• Each level is a layer in the foundation for continuous
process improvement.
• Thus, capability levels are cumulative, i.e., a higher
capability level includes the attributes of the lower
levels.
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The Capability Levels
5 Optimizing
4 Quantitatively Managed
3 Defined
2 Managed
1 Performed
0 Incomplete
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Representing Capability Levels
for a Single Process Area
Capability Level
• The process area capability of an implemented
process can be represented by a bar.
This point
represents
a higher level
of “maturity”
than this point
in a specific
process area
3
2
1
0
Process Area n
Process
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Relating Process Area Capability
and Organizational Maturity
• Organizational maturity is the focus of the staged
representation, whereas process area capability is the
focus of the continuous representation.
• Organizational maturity and process area capability
are similar concepts.
• The difference between them is that organizational
maturity pertains to a set of process areas across an
organization, while process area capability deals with
a set of processes relating to a single process area or
specific practice.
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Comparison of Representations
Staged
• Process improvement is
measured using
maturity levels.
• Maturity level is the
degree of process
improvement across a
predefined set of
process areas.
• Organizational maturity
pertains to the
“maturity” of a set of
processes across an
organization
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Continuous
Process improvement is
measured using capability
levels.
Capability level is the
achievement of process
improvement within an
individual process area.
Process area capability
pertains to the “maturity” of a
particular process across an
organization.
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Advantages of Each Representation
• Staged
• Provides a roadmap for implementing
–groups of process areas
–sequencing of implementation
• Familiar structure for those transitioning from the
Software CMM
• Continuous
• Provides maximum flexibility for focusing on specific
process areas according to business goals and
objectives
• Familiar structure for those transitioning from EIA
731
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CMMI in a Nutshell
• A CMMI model provides a structured view of process
improvement across an organization
• CMMI can help
–set process improvement goals and priorities
–provide guidance for quality processes
–provide a yardstick for appraising current practices
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Percentage Improvement
Improvements from Adopting
Software CMM
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
39%
35%
19%
Savings vs. cost of
software process
improvement
(median) 5:1
Productivity
(increase)
Time to market
(reduction)
Post-release
defect reports
(reduction)
Annual Medians
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Benefits of Continuing Process
Improvement
•SEI Software CMM Level 5: For the Right Reasons*
–Defects are now nearly all found and fixed before
testing begins.
–Defects escaping into the field have been reduced
from 11% to practically 0%.
–Programs consistently reach customer satisfaction
and performance targets.
–Peer reviews increase total project costs by 4%,
but reduced rework during testing by 31%.
R.O.I. is 7.75:1.
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CMM“I” – Improvement
• The CMMI Product Suite provides a foundation for
enterprise-wide improvement and adds
–new emphasis on products and services as well
as process
–emphasis on both process capability and
organizational maturity
–early emphasis on measurement and analysis
• The CMMI model improves upon Software CMM V1.1
and Software CMM V2.0 Draft C.
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CMM“I” – Integration
• Provides expanded model scope for integration
–Integrated Product Management
–Integrated Supplier Management
–Decision Analysis and Resolution
–“Relevant Stakeholder” planning and execution
–Inclusion of the Integrated Product and Process
Development body of knowledge
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Improving on the Software CMM
• CMMI Models improve on the best practices in Software
CMM Version 2.0 Draft C:
– Incorporates 4+ additional years of learning
– More explicitly links management and engineering
activities to business objectives
– Expands the scope of and visibility into the product life
cycle and engineering activities to ensure the product
or service meets customer expectations
– Incorporates additional areas of best practice (e.g.,
measurement, risk management, bi-directional
traceability in requirements management, decision
analysis and resolution, and supplier management)
– Captures more robust high-maturity practices
– Addresses additional generic practices needed for
institutionalization
– More fully complies with relevant ISO standards
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CMMI Can Benefit You
• CMMI provides
–Efficient, effective assessment and improvement
across multiple process disciplines in an
organization
–Improvements to best practices incorporated from
the Software CMM
–A common, integrated vision of improvement for all
elements of an organization
–A means of representing new discipline-specific
information in a standard, proven processimprovement context
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CMMI Product Suite
•Models
–Disciplines
»Systems Engineering SE
»Software Engineering SW
»Integrated Product and Process
Development (IPPD)
»Supplier Sourcing (SS)
–Representations
»Staged
»Continuous
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Available Models
•The following CMMI Models exist:
– SE/SW Staged
– SE/SW Continuous
– SE/SW/IPPD Staged
– SE/SW/IPPD Continuous
– SE/SW/IPPD/SS Staged
– SE/SW/IPPD/SS Continuous
– SW Staged
– SW Continuous
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Selecting a Discipline to Use
• Different model versions exist
– CMMI-SW
-- CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD
– CMMI-SE/SW
-- CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD/SS
• You select which disciplines you wish to use, based on
where you are trying to improve
• Example – A company which engineers and builds computer
systems, by acquisition of COTS hardware and development
of custom software, using integrated teams
– Use CMMI-SW applied only to the software development
– Use CMMI-SE/SW applied to the computer system and
the software
– Use CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD applied to the system, software,
and use of teams
– Use CMMI-SE/SW/IPPD applied to the system, software,
teams, and COTS acquisition
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CMMI Structure
one Model, Two Representations
Appendixes
Appendixes
Maturity Level 5
OID, CAR
Maturity Level 4
OPP, QPM
Maturity Level 3
REQD, TS, PI, VER,
VAL, OPF, OPD, OT,
IPM, RSKM, DAR
Maturity Level 2
REQM, PP, PMC,
SAM, MA, PPQA, CM
Overview
Introduction
Structure of the Model
Model Terminology
Maturity Levels, Common Features, and Generic Practices
Understanding the Model
Using the Model
CMMI-SE/SW
Staged
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CM, PPQA, MA,
CAR, DAR
Engineering
REQM, REQD, TS,
PI, VER, VAL
Project Management
PP, PMC, SAM
IPM, RSKM, QPM
Process Management
OPF, OPD, OT,
OPP, OID
Overview
Process Management
Introduction
PAs
Structure of
the Model
Goals
Model Terminology
- Practices
Capability Levels and Generic Model Components
Understanding the Model
Using the Model
CMMI-SE/SW
Continuous
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Model Components
•Process Areas (PA)
– Specific Goals
(SG)
» Specific Practices (SP)
– Typical Work Products
– Sub-practices
– Notes
– Discipline Amplifications
– References
– Generic Goals
Expected
Informative
Informative
Informative
Informative
Informative
(GG)
» Generic Practices (GP)
– Generic Practice Elaborations
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Required
Expected
Informative
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Practices
• Practices are the building blocks of the process areas
•
Example - Project Planning Process Area
Specific Practice 1.1 - Establish a top-level work
breakdown structure (WBS) to estimate the scope of the
project.
• To satisfy the required goals, you are expected to perform
the practices
– Most commercial and defense projects/organizations
will implement as written
• You may perform equivalent practices if they have an
equivalent effect toward satisfying the generic or specific
goal
– These are termed “alternative practices”
– Less prevalent in CMMI than in SW-CMM, because the
CMMI practices are at a slightly higher level of
abstraction
– “Equivalent” is a judgment call – discuss with your
appraiser
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Specific Practices vs. Generic
Practices
• Apply to a single process area
• Describe activities that implement the
process area
• Apply to all process areas
• Describe activities that institutionalize
the process areas
• Example – Requirements Mgmt.
• SG 1 Manage Requirements
SP 1.1 Obtain an Understanding of
Requirements
SP 1.2 Obtain Commitment to
Requirements
SP 1.3 Manage Requirements
Changes
SP 1.4 Maintain Bidirectional
Traceability of Requirements
SP 1.5 Identify Inconsistencies
between Project Work and
Requirements
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• GG 2 Institutionalize a Managed Process
GP 2.1 Establish an Organizational
Policy
GP 2.2 Plan the Process
GP 2.3 Provide Resources
GP 2.4 Assign Responsibility
GP 2.5 Train People
GP 2.6 Manage Configurations
GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant
Stakeholders
GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process
GP 2.9 Objectively Evaluate Adherence
GP 2.10 Review Status with Higher
Level Management
• GG 3 Institutionalize a Defined Process
GP 3.1 Establish a Defined Process
GP 3.2 Collect Improvement
Information
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CMMI Model Structure
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Staged Representation:
Process Areas by Maturity Level
Level
Focus
Process Areas
5 Optimizing
Continuous
process
improvement
Organizational Innovation and Deployment
Causal Analysis and Resolution
4 Quantitatively
Managed
Quantitative
management
Organizational Process Performance
Quantitative Project Management
3 Defined
Process
standardization
(SS)
(IPPD)
(IPPD)
2 Managed
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Basic
project
management
Requirements Development
Technical Solution
Product Integration
Verification
Validation
Organizational Process Focus
Organizational Process Definition
Organizational Training
Integrated Project Management
Integrated Supplier Management
Risk Management
Decision Analysis and Resolution
Organizational Environment for Integration
Integrated Teaming
Requirements Management
Project Planning
Project Monitoring and Control
Supplier Agreement Management
Measurement and Analysis
Process and Product Quality Assurance
Configuration Management
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Continuous Representation:
Organization of Process Areas
Category
Project
Management
Process Area
Project Planning
Project Monitoring and Control
Supplier Agreement Management
Integrated Project Management(IPPD)
Integrated Supplier Management (SS)
Integrated Teaming (IPPD)
Risk Management
Quantitative Project Management
Support
Configuration Management
Process and Product Quality Assurance
Measurement and Analysis
Causal Analysis and Resolution
Decision Analysis and Resolution
Organizational Environment for Integration (IPPD)
Engineering
Requirements Management
Requirements Development
Technical Solution
Product Integration
Verification
Validation
Process
Management
Organizational Process Focus
Organizational Process Definition
Organizational Training
Organizational Process Performance
Organizational Innovation and Deployment
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Process Area Capability Profile
Capability
(How well)
A process area capability profile may be
represented by a set of points in two
dimensions.
–the process dimension
»“What” you do
–the capability dimension
»“How well” you do it
Process Area (What you do)
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Capability
An Example Process Area
Capability Profile
5
4
3
2
1
0
RM
PP
PMC
etc
Process Area
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SW-CMM V1.1 vs. CMMI V1.1
LEVEL 5
OPTIMIZING
LEVEL 4
MANAGED
Key Process Areas (KPAs)
Process Areas (PAs)
Defect Prevention
Technology Change Mgmt
Process Change Management
Causal Analysis and Resolution
Organizational Innovation & Deployment
Quantitative Process Mgmt
Software Quality Mgmt
Organizational Process Performance
Quantitative Project Management
Organization Process Focus
Organization Process Definition
Training Program
Integrated Software Mgmt
Organization Process Focus
Organization Process Definition
Organizational Training
Integrated Project Management
Risk Management
Requirements Development
Technical Solution
Product Integration
Verification
Validation
Decision Analysis and Resolution
Software Product Engr
LEVEL 3
DEFINED
LEVEL 2
REPEATABLE
Intergroup Coordination
Peer Reviews
Requirements Management
Requirements Management
Software Project Planning
Project Planning
Software Project Tracking & Oversight Project Monitoring and Control
Software Subcontract Mgmt
Supplier Agreement Management
Software Quality Assurance
Product & Process Quality Assurance
Software Configuration Mgmt
Configuration Management
Measurement and Analysis
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Project Management
Process Areas
• There are eight Project Management Process
Areas.
– Project Planning
– Project Monitoring and Control
– Integrated Project Management (IPPD)
– Risk Management
– Supplier Agreement Management
– Quantitative Project Management
– Integrated Supplier Management (SS)
– Integrated Teaming (IPPD)
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PP - Capability Level 1
Project Planning
Specific Practices (CL1 - “Base Practices”)
Generic Practices (CL1))
SP1.1-1:
SP1.2-1:
GP1.1:
SP1.3-1:
SP1.4-1:
SP2.1-1:
SP2.2-1:
SP2.3-1:
SP2.4-1:
SP2.5-1:
SP2.6-1:
SP2.7-1:
SP3.1-1:
SP3.2-1:
SP3.3-1:
Estimate the Scope of the Project
Establish Estimates of Work
Product and Task Attributes
Define Project Life Cycle
Determine Estimates of Effort and
Cost
Establish Budget and Schedule
Identify Project Risks
Plan for Data Management
Plan for Project Resources
Plan for Needed Knowledge and
Skills
Plan Stakeholder Involvement
Establish the Project Plan
Review Plans that Affect the
Project
Reconcile Work and Resource
Levels
Obtain Plan Commitment
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Perform Base Practices
If all of the base practices are
performed,
Then, the associated Specific
Goals and Generic Goal 1 are
satisfied,
So, the Process Area is rated at
Capability Level 1 (CL1) Performed.
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Building Process Capability
Level 5
Generic
Practices
Level 4
Generic
Practices
Level 2
Generic
Practices
Managed
Process
Defined
Process
Quantitatively
Managed
Process
Capability
Level 3
Generic
Practices
Optimizing
Process
Performed
Process
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Support Process Areas
There are six Support Process Areas:
– Configuration Management
– Process and Product Quality Assurance
– Measurement and Analysis
– Causal Analysis and Resolution
– Decision Analysis and Resolution
– Organizational Environment for
Integration (IPPD)
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Understanding Support Processes
•Support process areas cover the practices
that support product development,
maintenance, and acquisition.
•They provide essential processes used by
all the CMMI process areas, and are
typically used in the context of performing
other processes.
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Engineering Process Areas
•There are six Engineering Process Areas.
– Requirements Management
– Requirements Development
– Technical Solution
– Product Integration
– Verification
– Validation
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Process Management Process Areas
•There are five Process Management Process
Areas:
– Organizational Process Focus
– Organizational Process Definition
– Organizational Training
– Organizational Process Performance
– Organizational Innovation and
Deployment
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Understanding Process
Management Process Areas
•The process management PAs apply across
the organization as a whole and provide
details that support the Capability Level 3
Generic Goal.
•For selected PAs, the organization has
standard processes, which individual
projects tailor to their needs.
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About IPPD
Integrated Product and Process Development
•IPPD affects all process areas.
•IPPD is not a discipline like SE or SW.
•Rather, it is a way of doing business.
•IPPD is employed in conjunction with the
CMMI disciplines (software and systems
engineering).
•Implementation of IPPD shapes how you
perform the work in these disciplines.
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IPPD - Definition
IPPD provides a systematic approach to
product development that achieves a timely
collaboration of relevant stakeholders
throughout the product life cycle to better
satisfy customer needs.
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Scope of IPPD
CMMI SE/SW/IPPD adds to CMMI SE/SW:
–Two new process areas
»Organizational Environment for Integration
»Integrated Teaming
–A revised Integrated Project Management
(IPPD) process area (adds SG3 and SG4)
–IPPD amplifications and references
–New glossary definitions and acronyms
–Overview material
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Process Areas Organized by
Category
Process Management
empower
Organizational Process Focus
Organizational Process Definition
Organizational Training
Organizational Process Performance
Organizational Innovation and Deployment
Project Management
Project Planning
Project Monitoring and Control
Supplier Agreement Management
Integrated Project Management (for IPPD*)
Risk Management
Integrated Teaming
Integrated Supplier Management**
Quantitative Project Management
standardize
processes
analyze
analyze
Support
Configuration Management
Process and Product Quality Assurance
Measurement and Analysis
Organizational Environment for Integration*
Decision Analysis and Resolution
Causal Analysis and Resolution
Engineering
employ
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Requirements Development
Requirements Management
Technical Solution
Product Integration
Verification
Validation
measure & assist
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Summary
• There is one CMMI Model with two
representations, Staged and Continuous
• The material in both representations is the
same just organized differently
• Each representation provides different ways
of implementing processes
• Equivalent Staging provides a mechanism for
relating Maturity Levels to Capability Levels
• The CMMI model should be applied using
intelligence, common sense, and professional
judgment
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For More Information About CMMI
–Go to CMMI Website
» http://sei.cmu.edu/cmmi
» http://seir.sei.cmu.edu/seir/
» http://www.ndia.org/ (annual CMMI Conference)
» www.google.com
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Further Reading
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